Master Flyer Creations - SC-300 - Structure, Industrial, Wood Chip Loader - Industrial Structures

Specific Item Information: Up through the 1950’s, sawdust and wood chips were considered waste materials by the lumber industry. Using beehive burners, mills would burn off this material as unwanted. With the introduction of particle board, wafer board, and demand for more paper products, suddenly wood chips had value and a new product was available to be shipped out by open top trailers or by rail in open top high side hoppers. They were built on site for the operation with very rarely ever two alike between mills.

This model represents a fairly common design and suitable for high side wood chip hoppers. One or two on a siding will give your railroad a new industry to switch. Laser kit is a mix of styrene, wood, laserboard and 3D printed details. 6-8 hour assembly time for a moderate modeling skill.

Road Name History: A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.

Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops".

Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities.

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